Photo: Pommes104 · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person born in Great Ryburgh is listed yet
Within 9 mi, Dereham lists the most: 17, with William Hyde Wollaston first. Famous people are on record for 85 of the towns in Norfolk. No town in Norfolk lists more than Norwich, with 425. After Norwich, the next longest list in Norfolk is Great Yarmouth’s, with 95.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Great Ryburgh’s built-up area and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 1 person here, but their article doesn’t confirm Great Ryburgh as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Great Ryburgh
Nearby, Dereham has the most on record, with 17.
Dereham · 9 miWilliam Hyde Wollaston & 16 moreKBFakenham · 3 miKurt Burnette & 7 more
Holt · 11 miMatthew Pinsent & 7 moreGDNorth Elmham · 5 miGeorge Dickins & 1 moreAHSwanton Morley · 7 miArthur Hawes & 1 moreTTReepham · 9 miTony TuddenhamWSWells-next-the-Sea · 10 miWilliam Ashwell Shenstone
Cawston · 11 miPeter RussellQuestions about famous people from Great Ryburgh
Who counts as from Great Ryburgh?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Great Ryburgh’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- William Hyde Wollaston: John Jackson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matthew Pinsent: Keith Page, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Peter Russell: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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